Re: "Rude Is as Rude Does....."
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Re: "Rude Is as Rude Does....."
No he said RTFM (scroll down) And the word "geeks" was used by HIM,
which is why I used it to refer to whoever he was talking about...
CaptainSp
Grant Stockly wrote:
>
> I think he said RTFM
> >What's RTGF?
> >
> >And don't be so quick to unsuscribe... there are more of us like you
> >than there are of those geeks...
>
> Don't call me names!?! ;)
>
> >CaptainSp
> >
> >> Philip J Baker wrote:
> >>
> >> I agree with Richard Bowman! I subscribed to this list in the
> >> hopes of "learning from the masters". I am a retired army colonel, and
> >> currently a math teacher with an engineering degree and two masters
> >> degrees. I do not consider myself "stupid", as some of you might, if I
> >> ask some very simple questions that are hard to find answers to in a
> >> less-than-satisfactory manual. I was also hoping to find some "neat
> >> ideas" that have been tried out by others with similar interests to
> >> mine.
> >> What I have found is a group composed of way too many cynical,
> >> snooty "geeks"! While I enjoyed the recent discussion about the cube
> >> root of 64 calculation, I mostly read the messages now just to see how
> >> rude some of you can be to others. Some of the subscribers are
> >> obviously young people with an interest and curiosity beyond the norm
> >> of their peers. Those of you who answer their questions with "RTFM",
> >> or other such rude remarks ought to be ashamed. You ought to be doubly
> >> ashamed if you are an educator. Is that how you answer questions in
> >> class? If so, I bet you don't get too many questions asked of you any
> >> more! (You probably thought it was because you were such a great
> >> teacher, I bet).
> >> I'm going to hold off for a day or so before I dig up that message
> >> on how to unsubscribe, just so I can read the litany of harangues I'm
> >> sure to get from this message. (Sorry I've gummed up your bandwitdth
> >> with another useless message, but some of you really need to "get a
> >> life"!) Hey, it least this useless message wasn't about SPORTS!!!!
> >> (Perish the thought!)
> >>
>
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